US & Chinese at Border Ceremony re First Convoy To China - Wan-Ting
28Jan45 Border ceremony on Indian side ? - US officer speaks to Chinese troops from podium w/ Nationalist Chinese flag and US flag painted on cloth backdrop - interpreter translates into Chinese - re joining Burma & Ledo Road - praises American and Chinese engineers - says he has a convoy here at the border ready to go into China.
01:53:11 USAF officer speaks re Chinese praise on precision of US bombing. Chinese officer speaks in Chinese - interpreter translates into English - re US Engineers. Rope-cutting ceremony and convoy crosses border into China - discordant military music played. Convoy underway.
WWII.
US & Chinese at Border Ceremony re First Convoy To China - Wan-Ting 28Jan45 Border ceremony on Indian side ? - US officer speaks to Chinese troops from podium w/ Nationalist Chinese flag and US flag painted on cloth backdrop - interpreter translates into Chinese - re joining Burma & Ledo Road - praises American and Chinese engineers - says he has a convoy here at the border ready to go into China. 01:53:11 USAF officer speaks re Chinese praise on precision of US bombing. Chinese officer speaks in Chinese - interpreter translates into English - re US Engineers. Rope-cutting ceremony and convoy crosses border into China - discordant military music played. Convoy underway. WWII.